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DPC opened Updated: Updated: Share Article TENKASI Collector G.S. Sameeran on Wednesday opened a direct purchase centre at Puliyar village. According to a press release, following requests from the farmers, the government had directed the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation to identify the locations for setting up the DPCs. With paddy harvest around, the district would have DPCs in over 10 locations, including Vadagarai, Shencottah, Achanpudur, Kadayanallur, Panpozhi, Puliyankudi, Sivagiri, ...

BRF Updated: SIDDIPET, Updated: Share Article Oxygen park to be inaugurated today The Siddipet urban park (oxygen park) is all set to be inaugurated on Thursday. Finance Minister Harish Rao will inaugurate the park, which covers an area of 205 hectares and is about seven kilometres away from the district headquarters at Nagulabanda. A special enclave has been set up for animals with fencing and water facility, along with an RO plant. As many as 10 water pits for animals have been readied. Al...

Protests conducted against new farm laws Updated: Updated: Ryots take out procession with buffaloes in Kattumannarkovil Share Article Ryots take out procession with buffaloes in Kattumannarkovil Farmers owing allegiance to the All India Farmers’ Protest Coordination Committee (AIFPCC) on Tuesday took out a procession with buffaloes in Kattumannarkovil to register their strong protest against the Centre’s continued “indifferent” attitude towards their demand for revoking the three far...

Rahul to visit Wayanad Updated: Updated: Share Article Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi will visit the district on Thursday. Mr. Gandhi will inaugurate United Democratic Front (UDF) conventions of Kalpetta and Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituencies at Chandragiri auditorium and St. Joseph’s Auditorium at Sulthan Bathery respectively, according to a press release by his office. He will inaugurate a spices kit distribution programme organised by the Regional Agricultural Research S...

Three arrested, unauthorised sound boxes seized Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The II Town police arrested three persons, including a woman, for allegedly selling high decibel unauthorised sound boxes here on Wednesday. The police seized about 25 sound boxes from them. The arrested were identified as Iravat Manish (34), Mohammed Gouse Mohiddin (38) and U Kumari (45), all from the city According to police, Manish and Gouse run an autombile shop in II Town area. Based on credible informatio...

Updated: Share Article AAA “We will form Amma’s [former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s] government in Tamil Nadu,” AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran said, responding to the release of the late leader’s aide V.K. Sasikala from prison on Wednesday. Addressing the media in Bengaluru, Mr. Dhinakaran, the nephew of Sasikala, said, “Chinnamma [Sasikala] is coming back [to Tamil Nadu].” Memorial event When it was pointed out that celebrations were on in Tamil Nadu in connection with the ina...

Updated: Share Article AAA Rane Madras Ltd.’s standalone net profit for the third quarter ended December surged more than fivefold to ₹21.5 crore, due to improved sales to original equipment, international and aftermarket customers. Revenue rose to ₹399 crore from ₹280 crore, the company said in a filing. “We saw strong recovery in the demand environment in Q3. This was well-supported by the production ramp up in the plants. Cost reduction initiatives continued to yield results. We ar...

Updated: Share Article AAA The Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested a jailor of the Bidar District Prison while he was accepting a bribe of ₹ 90,000 from a prisoner on Tuesday. Jailor Basavaraj Hosagudar, it is said, demanded the bribe for sending the sick prisoner to hospital for medical treatment. Based on a complaint lodged by the prisoner’s son, Adarsh, a team of ACB sleuths, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police (ACB) Hanumanthraya, Inspectors Venkatesh and Sharanabasappa, caught Basavaraj...

Two students drown in sea Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Two students of a private aviation academy here drowned in sea near the Kozhikode beach on Tuesday. According to sources, P.S. Arshad (18) of Panamaram, Ajay (18) of Nadavayal, both in Wayanad, and Jerin (24) of Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta, had gone for a bath at the beach near the Lion’s Park. The three of them, however, were caught in the high tide. Later, though Arshad and Ajay were rescued and taken to a city hospital, the for...

Yoga classes for senior citizens from February 1 Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA The Department of Yoga & Consciousness (Yoga Village), Andhra University, is conducting offline/online classes on heart diseases for senior citizens from February 1. The timings for the programme is 4 a.m. to 5 a.m., and 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The officials said that asanas, pranayama, meditation, naturopathy therapy and diet therapy will be taught as part of the programme. Interested candidates can enrol by contact...